Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Bicycling

An Uneven Ride on Bike to Work Day

By Damien Newton | May 19, 2011 | 5 Comments

Yesterday, while plotting out my Bike to Work Day route that would allow me to see the most booths as possible, I got a phone call from my Mom. She was biking to work, and wanted to know if I wanted to join her. Longtime Streetsblog readers will note that Mom and I have had […]

Tomorrow’s Bike to Work Day, Send Your Media to LA Streetsblog!

By Damien Newton | May 18, 2011 | 1 Comment

Well, tomorrow is the big day, Bike to Work Day is finally upon us. I’ll be riding with a special guest to her job tomorrow and reporting on her experience biking to work. This guest is not a usual bike commuter. To help us round out our coverage, I need your help. While riding to […]

Revitalizing San Fernando Road through Landscaping

By Damien Newton | May 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

The Sylmar Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking to improve and re-imagine a just-over-half-mile section of San Fernando Boulevard through the power of greenspace creation and landscaping. The BID isn’t seeking to change the use of the road, all changes will happen on existing medians. Instead, they just want to make San Fernando Boulevard a […]

Cycling in the Desert: The Challenges and Joys of Biking in the Antelope Valley

By Michelle Chavez | May 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

(In the third installment of our series on bicycling around L.A. County as part of our Bike to Work week coverage, long time reader Michelle Chavez writes about bicycling in the Antelope Valley. Chavez’s work is really top notch and includes an interview with (which you can read in its entirety here) and a bike […]

Rides and Challenges: Biking in Beverly Hills

By Mark Elliot | May 16, 2011 | 5 Comments

(Instead of covering the traditional gambit of events around the City/County that are part of Bike Month, we reached out to cyclists working on local groups and issues to talk about the experiences and challenges they face. We tried to get folks from areas we don’t usually cover on bike issues, (i.e. not Long Beach, […]

Westsiders, Come Ride with Streetsblog to the Venice Pier Tomorrow!

By Damien Newton | May 13, 2011 | 5 Comments

Tomorrow, on Saturday, May 14, Streetsblog will host our first “Westside Ride to the Venice Pier.” Our vision for the ride was a slow paced family ride with a stop along the way for a regroup, so come on out, bring the kids, and lets go for a ride. We’ll start at St. Andrew’s Lutheran […]

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